# Cannington

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST2539).
2. A community in Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
3. A mine in McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia, named after a pastoral property.
4. A suburb of Perth in the City of Canning, Western Australia.

## Etymology
* In Somerset, recorded as Cantuctun c.880 and Cantoctona in 1086 (DB), a settlement by the Quantock Hills. Present spelling adopted c.1641.
* In Western Australia, from Canning + -ton, being named after the Canning River.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cannington